The Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium
Enterprises (MSME) approved a
proposal by the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) to increase the wages
of artisans by over 36%, from Rs 5.50 per hank previously to Rs 7.50 per hank.

The proposal for an increase in wages
to khadi spinners along with payment of government subsidy

Modified Market Development Assistance
(MMDA) — has been
approved with effect from Aug 15, 2018.

According to the data reported by
Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Mauritius
was top source of foreigndirect investment (FDI) into India in
2017-18 followed by Singapore.

NATIONAL NEWS

The 6th
International Geriatric Orthopaedic Society of India Conference 2018 has been
inaugurated by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh at the All India Institute of
Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi
with the theme 'Increased Longevity with
Reduced Fragility and Enhanced Mobility'.

The Mahatma
Gandhi International Sanitation Convention (MGISC-2018), organized by the
Union Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, will be held in New Delhi from Sept 29 to mark the
beginning of the 150th birth anniversary celebrations of Mahatma Gandhi.

Indian movie ‘Gold’ has created history by becoming the first Bollywood film ever to release in
Saudi Arabia.

Reema Kagti is the Director of movie ‘Gold’. Itis a fictional re-telling of India’s iconic win at the1948 London Olympics.

Union Ministry of Commerce & Industry
launched National Mission on Govt
eMarketplace (GeM) for increasing awareness and accelerating use of GeM by
major central Ministries, State Govts and their agencies.

The International Aviation Summit 2018 held in New Delhi, which was jointly organized by the Ministry of Civil
Aviation (MoCA), the Airports Authority India (AAI) and International Air
Transport Association (IATA).

Union Ministry of Water Resources, River
Development & Ganga Rejuvenation prepared draft Bill whichproposes
setting up armed Ganga Protection Corps (GPC) to arrest any person who has
committedoffence of polluting River
Ganga punishable under this law.

The draft Bill proposes imprisonment for 2 years or fine of Rs 2
lakh or both for commercial fishing or aqua culture activities in Ganga and
any of its tributaries.

Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and
Climate Change (MoEFCC) will convene special meeting of Genetic Engineering
Appraisal Committee (GEAC) to decide on field-trial approvals for transgenicmustard DMH-11 developed by University of Delhi’s Centre for
Genetic Manipulation of Crop Plants(CGMCP).

Union Ministry of Human Resource Development
(HRD) has officially decided to participate in Programme for International
Student Assessment (PISA) after gap of nine years.

The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi approved establishment andoperationalization of permanent campus
of seven new Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs).

The National
Nutrition Month (Rashtriya Poshan Maah) is being celebrated across the
country in Sept2018 to mark fight against malnutrition.

Union Health Ministry released draft rules on
sale of drugs by e-pharmacies to regulate online sale of medicines across
India.

Union Govt has received Rs. 3,000 crore of additional tax from MNCs that have entered into advancepricing agreements (APAs) with it over last five years and also has
eliminated big source of tax litigation.

NITI Aayog constituted group of experts has
submitted report titled 'Inventory and Revival of Springs inthe Himalayas for Water Security.'

India along with 23 other nations will be participating in major Indian ocean-wide tsunami mock exercise
known as IOWave18.

National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog flagged off cycle rally MOVE Cyclathon to spread message of
clean mobility to the Indian public and promote cleaner, accessible modes of
transport.

The Union Home Ministry announced that
Census 2021 for the first time in independent India willcollect data on Other Backwards Castes
(OBCs).

STATE NEWS

State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) has made oil and gas discoveries in Madhya Pradeshand West Bengal that may potentially open up two new sedimentary
basins in country.

The Rajasthan
govt has decided to provide free
mobile phones to women of Below Poverty Line (BPL)families under the Bhamashah
Yojana to boost Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s flagship ‘Digital India’campaign.

Union Ministry of Home Affairs has cleared
proposal of Jharkhand Govt to rename Nagar Untari townand railway station as Banshidhar Nagar,
after Banshidhar Temple, which is dedicated to Krishna inGarhwa district of state.

Union Territory of Puducherry bagged
top position in National Clean
School Award after seven schoolsfrom
Puducherry were awarded for cleanliness.

The Rajasthan
govt has decided to organise special
employment camps in all district headquarters of the state to give
government jobs to at least one person from the family of those who were
martyred after 1947 but none of their kin was given a job.

The Union Ministry of Women and Child
Development had inaugurated widows’ home
‘Krishna Kutir’ at Vrindavan in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh.

Turkey hosted the 87th Izmir International tradeshow 2018 in Izmir from Sept 7th to
11th, in whichIndia is the Partner
Country.

International Women Entrepreneurs
Summit 2018, inaugurated by
Vice President of Nepal NandaBahadur
Pun held in Kathmandu, capital of
Nepal from Sept 3 to 5, 2018 with the theme 'Equality beginswith
Economic Empowerment'.

The third
ASEM (Asia-Europe Meeting) Conference on 'Global Ageing and Human Rights of
OlderPersons', organised by
South Korea and National Human Rights Commission of Korea, held in Seoul, capital of South Korea.

The 2018
edition of Maralal International Camel Derby event held at Maralal town in Kenya.

The fourth
International Ayurveda Congress (IAvC) was held in Leiden, Netherlands from Sept 1 to 2, 2018.

The major Indian ocean-wide tsunami mock
exercise (drill) 'IOWave18' started
from Sept 4, which is being organized by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO.

Indian Air Force (IAF) has successfully carried out first ever midair refuelling of
indigenously developed light combat aircraft (LCA) Tejas.

Researchers from University of
Melbourne, Australian have
found that superbug resistant to all
known antibiotics and can cause severe infections or even death is
spreading undetected through hospital wardsacross the world.

India, Kazakhstan joint army exercise, KAZIND will be conducted between
Indian and Kazakhstan Armyin Otar
region, Kazakhstan.

Ukraine launched annual joint military exercise named Rapid Trident with United States and otherNATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) member countries.

At the 4th
edition of Google for India event, Google has launched Project Navlekha to help Indian vernacular news publishers to take their
content online.

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has decided to launch 'Gaganyaan— India’s firsthuman
spaceflight programme' by 2022.

APPROVALS & MOUS

India and France signed agreement to collaborate for ISRO’s first human space mission
Gaganyaan tobe launched in
2022.

India and France signed implementation agreement on Mobilise Your City (MYC) to support
threepilot cities – Nagpur, Kochi and Ahmedabad for reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
related to urban transport.

India and Czech Republic have signed five agreements on defence, scientific and industrial research,
lasertechnology, agriculture and
diplomatic visa waiver.

India and Bulgaria signed four MoUs in fields of Civil
Nuclear cooperation, investment, Tourism andestablishment of Hindi chair at Sofia University.

India and Cyprus signed two agreements on combating money laundering and cooperation in the field
of environment in the presence of President Ram Nath Kovind and his Cypriot
counterpart NicosAnastasiades in
Nicosia.

American security and aerospace giant Lockheed Martin entered into an agreement with Tata AdvancedSystems
Limited (TASL) to manufacture wings
of its F-16 fighter jets in India.

Search engine giant Google launched Dataset
Search, a new search engine for scientific community that will help them
make sense of millions of datasets present online.

Japanese researchers from Shizuoka University will conduct world’s firstexperiment to
test smallprototype of space
elevator in space by using two mini satellites.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced to launch Mars Mission 'HOPE', which is expected
to be launched by 2020.

The US researchers have developed a wearable device that could generate energy
from the swing of anarm while
walking or jogging.

According to recent study published in Lancet Global Health journal, at least 34% of India’s populationis insufficiently active.

The Internet
Society and Internet Service Providers Association of India (ISPAI) have
signed MoU to make Internet safe and secure in India by securing routers which is
vital for healthy internetinfrastructure.

Indian Railways has signed an MoU with GAIL India Ltd for use of environment-friendly fuel ‘NaturalGas’ in Railway workshops and production units in New Delhi.

The Govt of India (GoI) and the World Bank signed a $220 million Loan Agreement and a $80 millionGuarantee Agreement for the India Energy
Efficiency Scale-Up Program.

ITI Limited has signed agreements with leading startups and original equipment
manufacturers (OEMs)covering
manufacturing of wide range of ICT-IOT
(Information and communications technology- Internet of Things) based
solutions.

The merger of Idea Cellular and Vodafone India has been completed after it
was cleared by National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT).